Oil-cup



A. H. GHS.

OIL CUP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1917.

1,304,556- Patented May 27, 1919.

ALPHONS H. GI'IS, OF CHICAGO, ILLIL'NOIS."

OIL-CUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2'7, 19319.

Application filed July 23, 1917. Serial No. 182,289.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHoNs H. Grrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cups; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lubricating devices and is directed more particularly to oil cups.

The object of the invention is to obviate the necessity of forming the hinge ears of an oil cup inte ral with the consequent expense and at the same time to produce a structure that will have as great strength as if the hinge ears had been formed integral. Thus the body of the cup, its lid and its applied hinged member may be each formed on a punch press with the well known economy.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil cup constructed in accordance with the inven tion Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 1 with the closure cap removed,

- Fig. 4; is a vertical section taken at right angles to Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a disassembled perspective view of the cup. I

Referring now more particularly to.the

accompanying drawing, there is shown generally at 5 an oil cup such as contemplated by the invention, the same being capable of general application wherever the lubrication of the moving parts of machinery and the like is desired.

Specifically the cup 5 consists of a holl0w cylindrical body member 6 which 1s open at the top and is provided in its bottom w th a discharge opening 7 communicatmg with a threaded nipple 8 carried by the body.

From its upper edge, the side wall of the cup body 6 is cut-away or slotted inwardly as clearly shown in .Fig. 5 to provide a recess 9 while inserted within said cup body is a substantially U-shaped member 10 that is preferably stamped from sheet material on abunch press or the like and includes spaced parallel cars 11 and a connecting bight portion 12.

The U-shaped member 10v is suitably interfitted with the side wall of the cup body,

the ears 11 being slotted transversely as at 13 from their lower edges for substantiallyhalf their width and being so arranged as to extend outwardly through the recess 9 and beyond the side wall of the cup body. The slotted portions 13 of the cars 11 receive and interlock with the side wall of the cup body at the base of the recess 9 whereby to procure the necessary strength and rigidity,

while the connecting portion 12 of the member 10 contacts the side wall of the body and completely closes the recess 9. Said connecting portion 12 is furthermore transversely bent arcuately as indicated at 14 in conformity with the curvature of the cup 1 body and forms substantially a continuation of the latter as will be readily seen-in Fig. 3.

WV-ith the member 10 and body 5 assembled as above described they are suitably joined permanently by brazing or f otherwise as desired.

The cars 11 are provided with transversely alined perforations 15 and have engaged therethrough a pintle 16 while pro-- vided to normally cover the cup body is a closure cap 17 the same having formed thereon integral cars 18 which straddle the ears 11 and are perforated to receive the pintle 16 whereby the cap is hingedly connected with the cup body. There is also provided a helical spring 19 which encircles the pintle 16 between the cars 11- and has its ends respectively engaged with the cap and cup body so that the former is normally disposed against the inner wall of the cup in position to cover the recess and-having terminal ears extending through the recess and constituting, a medium for attachment of a cover for the body, the ears engaging against the outer face of the body.

2. An oil cup including a body, the Wall the opening and beyond the outer Wall of the receptacle and constituting a medium for connection of a cover for the receptacle. 1 A cover-attaching medium for a recepta le including spaced ears and a connec ing beseheing notched to receive a portion of the wall of the receptacle.

5. An. oil cup having a slot formed in its upper edge and a ears and a connecting hight portion, the plate being secured Within the cup in position to close the opening and with the ears projecting outwardly through the opening, the lower sides of the ears being notched to receive the bottom edge of the slot.

In testimony whereof, I eflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALPHONS GETS.

bight portion, each ear at one side 0:" its lVitnesses H. M. GRUTZ, Oz'ro A. ZINKE.

plate including spaced 

